Dead Pool 2012

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Keep wanting to do this but every time I start a list, a sense of horrible guilt overcomes me.

Trayce, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link

Kenneth Anger
Scotty Moore
Anita Ekberg
Joan Fontaine
Phyllis Diller
Maurice Herzog
James Garner
Jake LaMotta
Lyndon LaRouche
Carroll Shelby
Ray Bradbury
Jack T. Chick
Scott Carpenter
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rona Barrett

Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link

Gary Carter
Raven Alexis
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Anne Feeney
Ethan Zohn
Dennis Frederiksen
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Lee Evans (sprinter)
Robin Gibb
Etta James
Penny Marshall
Bill Janklow
Jim Stynes
Geoffrey Hughes
D.K. Holm

cher's missing (unregistered), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link

I kind of want to make one of these for game of thrones season 2 characters

Clay, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link

pretty easy to cheat at that tho

tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link

yeah if it weren't for that though!

Clay, Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link

jaymc, could you please revise my list? I would like to substitute Kanye West for Marie Fredriksson. Thanks!

beachville, Thursday, 5 January 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link

Gah, I forgot Geoffrey Hughes, despite picking him the last couple of times. And also Etta James, despite reading the news. Ah well.

ailsa, Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:20 (twelve years ago) link

Well, you have until the 9th to make corrections.

beachville, Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link

The prosecution in Egypt just demanded the death penalty for Mubarak...

I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:32 (twelve years ago) link

so is it cheating if i put him in? aw screw it that isnt any fun.

I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 5 January 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah, I haven't even started inputting lists yet (that'll wait until the weekend), so feel free to make any corrections.

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

I'd like to put in for Mubarak and will get back to you abt the others later

Just to prove my originality, 15 thus far unmentioned picks:

Jean Shrimpton
Imelda Marcos
George Martin
Warren Buffett
Robert Crumb
Astrid Kirchherr
Jimmy Webb
Jody Stephens
Burt Bacharach
Jack Welch
Grace Slick
G. Gordon Liddy
Sandy Koufax
Wendy Carlos
Mike Love

And one last prediction: Pete Townshend will live to be 100.

everything else is secondary (Lee626), Friday, 6 January 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link

That's him screwed then!

Mark G, Friday, 6 January 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link

crumb will outlive us all

Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link

I actually thought Jack Welch was already dead, but I was confusing him with Don Geiss.

Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 January 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link

Jason Mewes
Michael J Fox
Tom Sizemore
Glenn Beck
Doug Stanhope
Trick Daddy
Gary Carter
Joe Paterno
George RR Martin
Larry King
Nick Cannon
Harry Dean Stanton
Allen Iverson
Brett Ratner
OJ Simpson

johnny crunch, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link

SWITCH OUT
if i could, i would like to replace "peter fonda" with "dan treacy"
but if i can't it's ok

congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link

Yes you can.

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link

I didn't realize Joe Paterno had lung cancer until just now. I assumed everyone was nominating him because they thought he was on suicide watch.

I hope Dan Treacy (or anyone else, really) doesn't die :(

cher's missing (unregistered), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link

Glen Campbell
Hugo Chavez
Lee Evans (athlete)
Alberto Fujimori
Steve Gleason
Tamara Grigsby
Etta James
Jerry Lewis
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Hosni Mubarak
Robert Mugabe
Joe Paterno
Reg Presley
Margaret Thatcher
Joost van der Westhuizen

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Sunday, 8 January 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

Shit, I had no idea Iversen was such a mess

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Abdullah the Butcher
Louie Anderson
Art Bell
Kamala
Artie Lange
Cloris Leachman
Howard Lederer
Diego Maradona
Jim Norton
Joe Paterno
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Nancy Reagan
Pete Rose
Skrillex

scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 9 January 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link

Christo
Artie Lange
Hosni Mubarak
Michael Douglas
Claes Oldenberg
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Etta James
Robin Gibb
Dick Cheney
Terry Prachett
Ralphie May
Whitney Houston
Mick Jagger
Fidel Castro
Haley Joel Osment

Goddamn it, I had meant to add Ralphie May after noticing him last year.

beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link

I'll accept any changes until midnight my time (CST).

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link

Naw, I don't want to piggyback like that. I'll add Ralphie next year if he makes it.

beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link

Anyone else? You have three hours.

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link

How deadly is Hep C? I'm seeing a lot of Billy Graham here. And while I would love to see him shut the shit up, he seems the type that will be dying his beard for much bloody longer.

I think abanana is the only one who picked "Superstar" Billy Graham (the wrestler). I assumed that Viceroy's pick was for Billy Graham the evangelist. (Viceroy, let me know if that's not the case!)

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link

I know I usually do a list, but I'm skipping this year.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, think i'm bowing out this year as well

donna rouge, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link

George Michael
Glen Campbell
Wilford Brimley
Steve-O
Pete Doherty
Lindsey Lohan
Roger Ebert
Bashar al-Assad
D'Angelo
Robert Mugabe
Don Buchla
Artie Lange
Etta James
Lil Wayne
Marianne Faithfull

LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link

First time for this:

Keith Richards
Aretha Franklin
Riley (B.B.) King
Hugh (Wavy Gravy) Romney
Jerry Maren (Munchkin & member of the Lollipop Guild)
Rosalynn Carter
Stephen Hawking
Keith Jackson (sports announcer)
George Herbert Walker Bush
Tony Bennett
Maggie Thatcher
Elizabeth II
Helmut Kohl
Boris Spassky
Rosey Grier (NFL player)

Aimless, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link

Wavy Gravy's a Romney?! Never knew that.

clemenza, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link

How deadly is Hep C? I'm seeing a lot of Billy Graham here. And while I would love to see him shut the shit up, he seems the type that will be dying his beard for much bloody longer.

In 2010 his doctor said he had around 2 years to live. So.

the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link

ok, I made one last-minute substitution:

Gary Carter
Raven Alexis
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Anne Feeney
Ethan Zohn
Dennis Frederiksen
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Lee Evans (sprinter)
Robin Gibb
Etta James
Penny Marshall
Bill Janklow
Jim Stynes
Geoffrey Hughes
D.K. Holm Wayne Fleming

cher's missing (unregistered), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link

Here's a list of the most picked names for 2012. In parens, I've included the +/- change since 2011. (Keep in mind there are 38 participants this year, three more than last year.)

18
Margaret Thatcher (+12)

15
Fidel Castro (+5)

14
Robin Gibb (+14)

11
Etta James (+10)
Lindsay Lohan (+2)

8
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (+1)
Joe Paterno (+8)
Muhammad Ali (+4)
Terry Pratchett (+7)

7
Artie Lange (+5)
Bashar al-Assad (+7)
Pete Doherty (+4)

6
Dick Cheney (-3)

5
Charlie Sheen (+2)
Courtney Love (+2)
George Michael (+5)
Glen Campbell (+5)
Hosni Mubarak (+4)
Michael Douglas (-8)

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link

Btw, let me know if you see an error on the spreadsheet!

Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link

seeing that jaymc's list last year had a bunch of middle east rulers and etta james, i'm going to his list this year for my 2012 news predictions.

sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:17 (twelve years ago) link

can't believe i was the only one to choose cameron and osborne, where are the optimists among us?

sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link

D'Angelo

― LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:32 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this better not happen; i've got tickets to see him in february!

Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link

Thanks jaymc!

Good luck everyone!

only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:00 (twelve years ago) link

Then again, what if nobody dies?

Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link

Everybody dies. One day.

only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link

But this is running only for 2012.

Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:25 (twelve years ago) link

if no one picked dies, all competitors are summarily executed.

sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link

if that happens, we can all meet up to knock off milk snatcher in december. a christmas present to the world.

Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link

If, by December, no-one mentioned has died, then we run a poll to pick a single victim from the lot and we all conspire to off them before the month is out.

only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:54 (twelve years ago) link

someday this list will include ilxors

Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:13 (twelve years ago) link


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